Chapter 69 Chapter 69: God of War Silence

The Japanese army tried their best to attack in various ways, but under the heroic resistance of the 10th Army, they all failed.Therefore, relying on continuous support, the Japanese army advanced its flat-firing artillery to a place less than 200 meters away from the national army's position, and directly bombarded it to destroy the obstacles and fortifications of the national army, and lured the national army's artillery to fight back to consume its precious resources. shells. The cannon is the god of war, and it is extremely powerful.In addition to its huge lethality, it also has an extremely huge psychological threat and shocking deterrent effect on the opponent.China is the first country in the world to invent artillery.In the late 13th century, my country's gunpowder and cannon-making technology was introduced to Europe through Arabia, which made it develop rapidly.In World War I, artillery was used extensively on the battlefield, which had an important impact on the course of the war. At that time, there was a slogan: "Artillery conquers, infantry occupies".In the late period of World War II, the casualties caused by artillery fire accounted for about 54.4% of the total casualties.The 10th Army has only two or three artillery companies with pitifully few shells, surrounded by a dangerous city, with no hope of supply, and the God of War is really shy, how can it compete with the powerful artillery of the Japanese army.Therefore, shells are life, and they will never be fired unless it is absolutely necessary.However, the positions of the infantry were frequently in danger, and they requested artillery support one after another in order to suppress the raging firepower of the Japanese army and deter the violent charge of the Japanese soldiers.

"Hello, hello, hello, artillery command post? I'm looking for General Cai, the war supervisor. General Cai, I'm Zhang Yuequn who is preparing for the 10th Division. Yes, yes, the front positions of our division have been continuously attacked by Japanese troops in turn. It's critical, ask for artillery support, ask for artillery support!" Zhang Yuequn, deputy commander of the 10th Reserve Division, shouted on the phone. "Hey, Master Zhang, I'm Cai Rulin. You are clear about our artillery situation and shell reserves. Now I'm also 'a good woman can't cook without rice'!" Cai Rulin said in embarrassment.

"Battle supervisor, don't you also serve as the artillery commander? Why do you keep the artillery? The artillery does not support the infantry in combat. What do you do for food?" Zhang Yuequn became more and more excited as he spoke. "Mr. Zhang, don't get excited, just speak slowly. We have no source of shells now, and one shot is one less shot. It is a drop in the bucket to rely on air transport!" "Why don't you hit a good target now, when will it be?" Zhang Yuequn asked. "No way! We can only save it for the last blow. At that time, there is no doubt that we will naturally concentrate our artillery fire and fire at the maximum rate of fire to ensure that the Japanese attack is crushed. Otherwise, the whole city will not be able to survive! Cai Rulin had no choice but to explain patiently: "Now, when you are on the front line, all you see are enemies. What if you fire as soon as you spot the Japanese army, and the shells run out, and there is no shells to fire when it comes to an emergency? You know that, Artillery is the reserve force of the city guard, the main force of the decisive battle, and it will never be used lightly until the necessary time. This is the same as we don’t buy food randomly with limited money, and only save it for use when we are hungry !"

As soon as the phone was put down, the phone rang again.The call from the 3rd Division for artillery support came again, and then again from the 190th Division.There was no other way, Cai Rulin had no choice but to explain and tell over and over again. "If you have money in your pocket, you are in charge! General Cai, it's hard for you!" Seeing this, Fang Xianjue said with emotion, "Fortunately, you, an artilleryman, came to be the supervisor. No, you are the most suitable artillery commander!" "That's right. From previous combat experience, if the artillery responds to requests, then if they fire a few more rounds at a certain position and a few fewer rounds at a certain position, the result will be a lawsuit. That's it, General Cai, as the supervisor Of course, they have to be more polite. There will be a lot of unclear lawsuits here in the military seat!" Sun Mingyu, chief of staff, also said with deep emotion.

The Japanese army stormed the Zhangjiashan position, and the Artillery Battalion of the 10th Army fired 1,700 shells overnight. Cai Rulin flew into a rage when he heard this: "Battlemaster Zhang, how did you fire this cannon? The shells ran out, what should you do? You are responsible!" "Commander, you can't do it without fighting! Master Ge personally guards here and forces you to fight! I can't help it either!" Zhang Zuoxiang had an innocent and helpless expression on his face. "Military seat, you can't fight like this. It's like getting food, clothes, and money. You can't be unrestrained!" Cai Rulin said to Fang Xianjue.

"Okay. This time defending the city is indeed different from the past, and there is no backup. What to do? We must use good steel on the blade. Chief of Staff Sun, order: All artillery battalions and companies, where artillery fires, each company is only allowed to fire 10 rounds , carry out suppressive shooting. Otherwise, you must obtain the approval of the artillery commander before firing!" Fang Xianjue ordered immediately. "Yes!" Sun Mingyu immediately asked the combat staff to inform him. "Report to the military seat, the Artillery Battalion of the 74th Army attached to it only fired a single cannon, and three shells destroyed a Japanese plane that landed at Jiangdong Airport!" Sun Mingyu reported to Fang Xianjue in time.

"Good job! Immediately issue a reward order! And report to the command for commendation." Fang Xianjue beamed with joy for a moment.Seeing this, other people in the military department were also very excited. The battle has reached this level, and there is no other way.Only persist.Knowing that the national army lacked artillery shells, the Japanese army did not dare to fight back casually, so they concentrated artillery on all sides and fired fiercely at the national army positions.The Japanese army fired more shells in one day than the defenders fired in a month.The vast majority of the casualties of the defenders were caused by Japanese artillery fire.

The defenders also learned to be smart later.After suffering many losses, I learned that when the Japanese army fired artillery, its infantry did not advance.So I got this bloody lesson: when the Japanese artillery fired, the defenders immediately withdrew to the cover to hide; Serve with grenades.When the Japanese army was dizzy from being bombed, the defenders mounted bayonets, swung their big knives, and countercharged to wipe out the intruding Japanese army. As a result, the Japanese army was recruited for more violent shelling, and more warriors of the 10th Army died under the artillery fire. "Battle supervisor, the Japanese artillery fire must be suppressed, otherwise, it will be difficult to continue!" Commander Fang Xianjue said earnestly. "Sir, suppressing the enemy's artillery fire is originally the job of our artillery. But the artillery ammunition is short of ammunition, and I just watched, so anxious! I think the only way is to call the air force, and use air force bombs instead of our artillery shells to respond to the devil's bombardment La!" Cai Rulin also replied helplessly. "Captain Chen, I have to rely on you to take command!" Peng Kefu said to Chen Xiangrong. "That's no problem. However, the devil is very smart. As soon as our air force's plane came, he stopped firing immediately. This made our air force confused about the location of his artillery group." Chen Xiangrong said. "Damn it, what kind of battle is this fighting! Originally, the war zone chief sent the US Air Force, land and air liaison squad. Unexpectedly, this group of fearful ghosts ran away silently when they saw that Hengyang was about to be surrounded. What kind of allied forces, bullshit!" Chief of Staff Sun Mingyu said angrily.

"Fortunately, Captain Chen's misfortune fell into the hands of our army, which strengthened the connection between land and air. Otherwise, it would be even worse!" Zhang Guangkuan, the deputy director, sighed. "However, I am also powerless! The encirclement of the Japanese army is shrinking day by day, the urban area is narrow, relying exclusively on the ground to lay out signals, and the information is limited, so it is impossible to fully indicate the target to the Air Force. Alas, the city is full of ruins. , I can’t even find a suitable place to hang the communication bag! What do you think should be done?” Chen Xiangrong sighed. "Is there really no other way?" Fang Xianjue seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be asking Chen Xiangrong. "There is another way. However, it's like a ghost turning a millstone, and the end point returns to the starting point. I don't know if it will work?" Chen Xiangrong said hesitantly. "What way? But it's okay to say it!" Fang Xianjue was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he didn't care so much. "Hey, it's not about using the artillery shells to instruct the aircraft to bomb the target. The wild mountain artillery group must fire at the enemy artillery group, that is, more than 4 shells must be fired at a time. Then, the Air Force plane bombs the enemy according to the impact point of our artillery group. Artillery group, destroy the target!" "Battle Supervisor, is it possible?" Fang Xianjue asked instead. "This is a helpless method. It has been used before. But now the artillery-air coordination has neither been agreed nor drilled in advance. It may be difficult to operate. If you try it with precious shells, I am afraid that our military aircraft did not see the target. , but let the devils discover our army’s target, this is not a loss-making business! It’s really hard, it’s really hard!” Cai Rulin shook his head again and again. "I think it's safer to use the map coordinates to notify the Air Force Command of the 'X' and 'Y' by radio, and then forward it to the Air Force's front finger." Chief of Staff Sun Mingyu suggested. "However, the map of Hengyang City in our hands is one in 5,000, which is not in the same proportion as the map used by the Air Force. How can we match it?" Chen Xiangrong said. "Mother! Is there really nothing we can do about it! We can see the artillery position of this little devil clearly and clearly. As long as there is one plane with dozens of bombs, he can be completely wiped out. Now it is hard to There is nothing we can do about him!" Peng Kefu and Gao Shen said bitterly. "I also learned the training of the artillery cooperation machine for more than a year. But now, although I have tried my best, I am still in a hurry." General Cai Rulin said helplessly. "'If a worker wants to be good at his work, he must first sharpen his tools'. It can be seen that knowledge and tools are equally important!" Fang Xianjue looked at his colleagues and subordinates who had racked their brains but were still helpless, and said decisively: "Since There is no other good way, so we have to use our flesh and blood to fight his little devil's shells! Only in this way can we wait for help for a long time!"

"Report to the military seat, as early as when the Japanese army launched the second general offensive, our army's wild mountain artillery shells and mortar shells have been exhausted. Except for a few artillery shells and the last few shells that were fatal, the rest of the artillery shells are all buried in the ground. Step machine 85% of the ammunition has been consumed. The officers and soldiers suffered casualties, and most of the guns were destroyed and could not be replenished." Sun Guangtian, director of the Military Department of the 10th Army, reported. "Got it!" Fang Xianjue saw that Sun Guangtian hadn't gone out yet, and asked again, "What's the matter?" , There are also 82 mm. By the end of July, there were no particles of the 81 bombs, and there were still hundreds of rounds of the 82 bombs in storage.” Sun Guangtian continued to report. "Then why are you hesitating? What time is it? Hurry up and distribute it!" Fang Xianjue said angrily. "Yes! Send it out as soon as possible!" Sun Guangtian stood at attention and replied.

"Wait!" General Sun Mingyu, chief of staff of the army, said: "In order to balance the front-line firepower, the shells should be distributed evenly." "However, some troops only have 81mm mortars. What should we do?" Sun Guangtian asked. "A living person can still be suffocated to death by urine! Go, mobilize the staff of the headquarters to grind half of the 82-caliber shells' belts' with bricks and stones to make them suitable for 81-caliber mortars. For the final decisive use!" General Sun Mingyu said decisively. "Grinding cannonballs? Can it work?" Sun Guangtian questioned. "Why not? There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as there is a person with a heart; if you do it with a heart, Tiehu will be ground into a needle!" "Yes!" Sun Guangtian responded, and hurriedly organized the headquarters staff and handymen to grind the shells as soon as possible. This is unprecedented work.Although it is pure physical work, mechanical and simple, it is also boring and tedious.All we had to do was to bury our heads and work hard, integrating the hatred for the Japanese invaders and the friendship for the comrades in front into this hard work.Many were sweating profusely, with blistered and even bloody hands.But no one complained of suffering or tiredness, and everyone knew that this was the last life-saving bullet.If you don't fight at this time, when will you wait!The soldiers in front are bleeding and dying every second!Commander Fang Xianjue walked out of the underground air-raid shelter and came to the crowd. Seeing this scene, he was moved and grateful, and comforted everyone: "Everyone, the brothers in the army are bleeding every second, and there is blood every minute." Death; the kings serve the country, this is the right time! Here, on behalf of the country and the brothers on the front line, I thank you and salute you!" Everyone was moved to tears, their hands became more vigorous, and their speed was sharpened. Also significantly accelerated.